[OPLINLIST] Siebert Underground Railroad Collection on Microfilm

Elizabeth Nelson enelson@ohiohistory.org
Thu, 3 Mar 2005 14:34:02 -0500


The Ohio Historical Society announces the availability of a new =
microfilm edition of the Wilbur H. Siebert Collection, a premiere =
resource for studying the Underground Railroad. Siebert was a professor =
at the Ohio State University from 1891-1935. His research material on =
anti-slavery activity, collected over a period of fifty years, includes =
survey responses, interviews, and copies and notes from books, diaries, =
letters, photographs, newspapers, biographies, memoirs, speeches, annual =
reports, trial records, census records, and legislation. He organized =
his research by state and county, eventually binding his notes in =
volumes by location. A detailed finding aid is available online.

Microfilm may be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan or purchased for =
$50.00 per roll.=20

For more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/undergroundrr/.

Roll Contents:
1.	Correspondence 1892-1954; "The Underground Railroad" lecture by =
Siebert; From "Slavery in California after 1848"; The "Underground =
Railroad" in Connecticut, Washington, D.C. and Illinois
2.	The "Underground Railroad" in Illinois and Indiana
3.	The "Underground Railroad" in Illinois and Indiana
4.	The "Underground Railroad" in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and =
Maine
5.	The "Underground Railroad" in Maine, Kansas, Massachusetts and =
Michigan
6.	The "Underground Railroad" in Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, =
New Jersey, Missouri and New York
7.	The "Underground Railroad" in New York
8.	The "Underground Railroad" in New York and Ohio; Ohio's Network of =
the Underground Railroad Disclosed by Wilbur H. Siebert (Draft); The =
Mysteries of Ohio's Underground Railroad by Wilbur H. Siebert (Draft)
9.	The "Underground Railroad" in Ohio
10.	The "Underground Railroad" in Ohio
11.	The "Underground Railroad" in Ohio
12.	The "Underground Railroad" in Ohio and Pennsylvania
13.	The "Underground Railroad" in Pennsylvania
14.	The "Underground Railroad" in Pennsylvania
15.	The "Underground Railroad" in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, =
Wisconsin and Southern States;=20
Fugitive Slaves in Canada
16.	Fugitive Slaves in Canada; Photographs

Elizabeth Nelson
Ohio Historical Society